Occupation-Mathematician-NASA
Gregory Robinson (1960- )
Program Director of the James Webb Space Telescope project at NASA, Gregory Robinson, was a part of the historical event...
Valerie Thomas (1943- )
Valerie LaVerne Thomas, scientist, mathematician, physicist, and inventor, was born on February 1, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. Reared in the...
Clyde Foster (1931-2017)
Clyde Foster, scientist and mathematician, was a significant figure who worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). His...
David Rice Hedgley Jr. (1937- )
Pioneering computer scientist and mathematician David R. Hedgley Jr., hailed as the “Father of 3D Graphics” was born in Chicago,...
Annie J. Easley (1933-2011)
Mathematician Annie J. Easley was born on April 23, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama to Samuel and Mary Easley. Easley grew...
Eunice Gray Smith (1923-2006)
An accomplished mathematician, Eunice Gray Smith was among the first African American women hired to work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical...
Mary Winston Jackson (1921–2005)
Mary Winston Jackson was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which would...
Katherine Goble Johnson (1918-2020)
Katherine Goble Johnson, heralded as the first African American woman in Aerospace Engineering, was born on August 26, 1918, in...
